FRAIL, FATAL, FUNDAMENTAL: THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

Autor: Norman, Mark mnorman@rockdale.nsw.gov.au
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Zdroj: APLIS. Jun2012, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p94-100. 7p.
Abstrakt: Public libraries will survive and thrive by recognising their changing role. With the digital world of content, the role is shifting to that of content aggregators, access managers, and educators in digital literacy. Often pc skills workshops are filled with the same people who demonstrate digital dexterity in the knitting and quilting groups, but lack a new kind of digital dexterity in making a mouse or touch pad do what they want it to do. The questions public libraries have challenging them are 'what will be the future mix between digital and physical access to content and services', 'what service model will we adopt or adapt', and 'who has the skills to teach in the digital environment'? This paper is based on a presentation made to the city of Sydney's library staff development day 13 March 2012. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts